Leighton Howl
Recruitment Director
Let's chat on 021 702 573 or at the office 09 373 3791
Leighton leads the Agency Agent Team at the Pond, placing NZ’s best creative, digital and marketing talent into freelance, contract, and full-time positions with 150 of NZ’s best digital, design, advertising, media, production, and specialist agencies – plus a growing list of agencies overseas as well.
Leighton spends the average week growing The Pond business and working closely with agency clients who understand that people are the most important ingredient in the success of their companies.
Since founding The Pond in 2006, Leighton has grown the business into a leading player in the professional creative recruitment field, providing premium candidates, promoting better industry standards, and producing better results for clients. The Pond now represents more than 300 of NZ’s most sought-after talent across 50 key professions.
Leighton understands talented people because he worked alongside so many of them during his eight years as an ad agency creative. He was always pretty sharp at selling in his ideas, a gift that he has developed even further by successfully pitching NZ’s best creative talent to clients.
“Good people are the key to building strong agencies,” says Leighton. “Our clients want the best and newest talent in the areas of creative, design, digital, and marketing to add their magic and fulfil their ongoing needs.
“The Pond helps clients to do that, easily and robustly. We find the right candidates to nail every brief that comes through the door, plus we help creative, digital and marketing professionals find rewarding work, realise their market value, and achieve their overall career goals.”
Outside work, Leighton is a family man with one wife, two kids, one dog, and six racehorses. He’s also an avid sports watcher, gardener, red wine drinker, gym-goer, fly fisherman, part-time wannabe architect, and ex-rep rugby player.
If you want no-nonsense, practical advice about how to handle your agency’s staffing needs, and how to secure the best people and retain them, Leighton is the man to call.
Full Time Roles
- Digital Account Manager
- Auckland
- $80K
- Full Time
- Live
- Senior Account Manager
- Auckland
- $85-$90K
- Full Time
- Closed
- Campaign Manager (6 month contract)
- Auckland
- $65-70 Per Hour
- Contract
- Closed
Talent growth in the regions!!
Over the last 18 months we have seen a steady growth in recruitment in the regions (Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Wellington) from our key clients. And to support this we are now seeing top talent from the cities considering top roles outside the big cities. Even though property $$$ have stalled. People (like our four footed friends) are now on the move. If you have a tough position to fill, agency or corporate side, contact your Pond agent. Go the regions in 2018!!!
Looking for an Agency Lead / Business Director
We are after someone quite special. Are you a Senior Business Director or Ex Group Account Director by trade, who is proven at cultivating new or existing client relationships and looking for a new career challenge 2018?
For a confidential talk with me about this opportunity please get in touch at [email protected] or call 09 373 3791.
Do you know of an ‘agency-land people wrangler', who would make a good recruiter?
Do you like wine? If so, The Pond are looking for your referral, in exchange for 12 bottles of Martinborough Pinot. So what we are hunting for, is a senior candidate who is dynamic, professional with a minimum of 10 years experience. This people wrangler needs to come from creative or digital agency-land, or may be a senior recruiter looking to be a more boutique HR operator in the Marketing, Digital, Design and Creative sector. If you provide the referral, who lands our job, we have the case of pinot for you!!!
